-i, --ignore-errors Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist
--abort-on-error Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs
--dump-user-agent Display the current browser identification
- --list-extractors List all supported extractors and the URLs they would handle
+ --list-extractors List all supported extractors
--extractor-descriptions Output descriptions of all supported extractors
+ --force-generic-extractor Force extraction to use the generic extractor
--default-search PREFIX Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple".
Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The
default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.
--playlist-reverse Download playlist videos in reverse order
--xattr-set-filesize Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with expected filesize (experimental)
--hls-prefer-native Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)
- --external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader. Currently supports aria2c,curl,wget
+ --external-downloader COMMAND Use the specified external downloader. Currently supports aria2c,curl,httpie,wget
--external-downloader-args ARGS Give these arguments to the external downloader
## Filesystem Options:
--all-formats Download all available video formats
--prefer-free-formats Prefer free video formats unless a specific one is requested
-F, --list-formats List all available formats
- --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifest on YouTube videos
- --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv.Ignored if no
+ --youtube-skip-dash-manifest Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos
+ --merge-output-format FORMAT If a merge is required (e.g. bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg, webm, flv. Ignored if no
merge is required
## Subtitle Options:
parameters replace existing values. Additional templates: %(album)s, %(artist)s. Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s -
%(title)s" matches a title like "Coldplay - Paradise"
--xattrs Write metadata to the video file's xattrs (using dublin core and xdg standards)
- --fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), detect_or_warn(the default;
+ --fixup POLICY Automatically correct known faults of the file. One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), detect_or_warn (the default;
fix file if we can, warn otherwise)
--prefer-avconv Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors (default)
--prefer-ffmpeg Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors
### HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required
-These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already - use the [`--proxy` or `--network-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address.
+These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already - use the [`--proxy` or `--source-address` options](#network-options) to select another IP address.
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